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SpaceShipOne Feathered Wings Create Drag

SpaceShipOne Feathered Wings

A mother and son use a telescope at night.

Evening Observations

Partial radar view of the Moon, focusing on the Moon's craters in the center of the view.

Radar Image of the Moon

Image of bridge dome with measurements on top and to the right AutoCAD drawings.

Measuring the Enterprise Bridge Dome

A person outfitted in the new spacesuit uses a tool to pick up balls and place them in bags in front of him.

Testing the NDX-1 Spacesuit

Staff and volunteers outside of the Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory.

Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory staff and volunteers

SpaceShipOne

SpaceShipOne

Disc of Pluto, a tan brown and brown dwarf planet. A light brown heart is visible in the lower right quadrant.

Pluto in True Color

Image of the deflector dish with measurements on top.

Enterprise Deflector Dish Dimensions

Drawing of dome tabs compared to the actual hardware.

Enterprise Dome Tabs

A photograph of Kelly with a view of the Earth in the background.

Scott Kelly inside the Cupola

Bell X-1

Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis

A person holds a measuring tape in the interior section of the U.S.S. Enterprise, a starship studio model used in the Star Trek series. Multiple notes indicate areas of wiring in the interior.

Measuring Lighting in the "Enterprise" Studio Model

Wind Tunnel Fan Layers of Wood

Wooden Blades of Wind Tunnel Fan

A white female Museum intern builds part of a spacesuit.

Building a Spacesuit with Spare Parts

The Full Scale Wind Tunnel Fan Featured a Metal Spinner

The Full Scale Wind Tunnel Fan Featured a Metal Spinner